Unix diff (well, GNUWIN32 diff on my laptop anyway) finds all the differences 
correctly.  I'm also trying to use z/OS Unix diff from JCL with BPXBATSL 
without much success.  I don't have a lot of space in my userid HFS directory, 
so copying large MVS files into there is problematic.  And no CoZ tools 
available nor possible for me to install (not authorized).

I may try to see if the local /tmp space is large enough to /bin/cp them into 
and then diff those copies.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Paul Gilmartin
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:13 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: SuperC utility loses its place when comparing text files with many 
differences

On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 12:00:49 -0500, Thomas Conley wrote:
>
>I've seen this behavior myself, even on smaller files.  It stops
>recognizing that lines are the same and just has huge blocks as inserts
>and deletes, even though the lines are the same.  SUPERC support was
>unimpressed, I got the WAD.
> 
I'm curious: How does this compare with the behavior of "diff", both
on z/OS and on other UNICES.  I've not had the bad experience.

How small is "smaller"?

I know that SuperC and/or diff will find unintended matches  on lines
that are identical by happenstance (such as "begin" and "end") and
be badly out of sync as a result.
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